A contemporary design that is matched by an identical project north of its neighbor, 1465 Fifth Avenue features an unusual checkerboard brick façade and an irregular arrangement of windows. Built in 2010, it was designed by Meltzer/Costa & Associates and developed by Artimus Construction.

High-tech purity or corporate nihilism? The glossy cube of the Apple Store takes reductivist branding to an extreme, and may be the city’s utmost example of architecture-as-commercial- packaging. Whether the result is a stunning icon of design or the complete negation of architecture is open to argument. The structure shares the 767 Fifth Avenue address… Continue reading

A handsome Beaux Arts sliver at 743 Fifth Avenue has recently given away to a sleek new shop for Swiss watchmaker Hublot. Designed by architect Peter Marino, responsible for the now-vanished treatment of 677 Fifth Avenue for Fendi, the building has a die-cast elegance in keeping with the designer’s penchant for industrial glamour.

A sleek Mid-Century Modern addition to Midtown, 717 Fifth Avenue was designed by Harrison, Abramovitz & Abbe in 1959 for the Corning Glass Works, which was previously housed in a much smaller building directly across the street at 718 Fifth Avenue. A handsome entry in Lever House professionalism, the original plaza has, regrettably, been partially filled in…. Continue reading

A glamorous production from architect Norman Jaffe, an architect better known for his highly romantic beach houses in the Hamptons, 565 Fifth Avenue was described as “Frank Lloyd Wright made sleek” by New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger. The lobby is a dramatic assemblage of structural-based ornament; Emery Roth & Sons were the production… Continue reading